Local Anaesthetics

local anaesthetic agents (class) name drugs
- benzocaine
- mepivacaine
- bupivacaine
- prilocaine
- tetracaine
- atricaine
benzocaine

highly lipophillic
mepivacaine
- rapid onset
- medium duration
- less vasoD (can be administered without a vasoCer)
bupivacaine
- slow onset
- long duration
- less cardiotoxicity than others
prilocaine
- medium onset
- medium duration
tetracaine
- slow onset
- medium duration
atricaine
- rapid onset
- short duration
- not in vet med yet

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rach394

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Local Anaesthetics

Description

Local Anaesthetics (many drugs have LA action at high conc, but LAs have no other activity)

Updated

2010-12-23T13:42:23Z

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